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And invention must still go on for it is necessary that we should completely control our circumstances. It is not sufficient that there should [only] be organization capable of providing food and shelter for all and organization to effect its proper distribution.

Reginald Fessenden

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Reginald Fessenden
Age: 65 †
Born: 1866
Born: October 6
Died: 1932
Died: July 22
Engineer
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University Teacher
Eastern Townships
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... in going over the history of all the inventions for which history could be obtained it became more and more clear that in addition to training and in addition to extensive knowledge, a natural quality of mind was also necessary.
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Standardization does not produce although admirable as an efficiency method.
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All our civilization is based on invention before invention, men lived on fruits and nuts and pine cones and slept in caves.
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Combination does not produce though mergers and combinations are still the accepted panacea. In Big business there appears to be increasing aridity, bureaucracy, and stultifying sacrifice of initiative and above all fear.
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